[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1801 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1801

    To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to 
                        references to such laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 1999

Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
   Ms. Norton, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, and Mr. Underwood) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to 
                        references to such laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Antitrust Technical Corrections Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Act of March 3, 1913.--The Act of March 3, 1913 (chapter 114, 
37 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 30) is repealed.
    (b) Panama Canal Act.-- Section 11 of the Panama Canal Act (37 
Stat. 566; 15 U.S.C. 31) is amended by striking the undesignated 
paragraph that begins ``No vessel permitted''.
    (c) Sherman Act.--Section 3 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 2) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec.-- 3'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, 
or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize 
any part of the trade or commerce among the Territories of the United 
States and the District of Columbia, or between any of the several 
States and any Territory of the United States or the District of 
Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction 
thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a 
corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion 
of the court.''.
    (d) Wilson Tariff Act.--
            (1) Technical amendment.--The Wilson Tariff Act (28 Stat. 
        570; 15 U.S.C. 8 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking section 77, and
                    (B) in section 78--
                            (i) by striking ``76, and 77'' and 
                        inserting ``and 76'', and
                            (ii) by redesignating such section as 
                        section 77.
            (2) Conforming amendments to other laws.--
                    (A) Clayton act.--Subsection (a) of the 1st section 
                of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) is amended by 
                striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (B) Federal trade commission act.--Section 4 of the 
                Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended 
                by striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
                    (C) Packers and stockyards act, 1921.--Section 
                405(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
                U.S.C. 225(a)) is amended by striking ``77'' and 
                inserting ``76''.
                    (D) Atomic energy act of 1954.--Section 105 of the 
                Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135) is amended 
                by striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (E) Deep seabed hard mineral resources act.--
                Section 103(d)(7) of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 
                Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1413(d)(7)) is amended by 
                striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
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